SOUTH BEND, Ind.--- Little Hunter Miller's motor is always running. <\/p>\n
Like most toddlers he's sometimes one step away from trouble, but for Hunter being rough and tumble can have serious side effects. Hunter has severe hemophilia. <\/p>\n
Twenty-thousand Americans live with hemophilia; it's a condition preventing the blood from clotting easily after a cut or injury. <\/p>\n
Patients are also more susceptible to internal bleeding, which can damage joints, organs and tissue. <\/p>\n
Three days after Hunter was born a routine circumcision caused a major scare. <\/p>\n
\"You know a baby gets up in the morning and their diapers are just full, said Tina Miller, Hunters grandmother. Well his was full, but it was full of blood.\" <\/p>\n
Doctors diagnosed Hunter with hemophilia a, which means his blood is missing a protein known as clotting factor eight. <\/p>\n
When he gets hurt doctors need to inject the clotting factor to stop the bleeding. <\/p>\n
He's had eight emergency room visits in 19 months. <\/p>\n
\"Him falling, bumping his head too hard; just little cuts, said Heather Frederick, Hunters mother. He cut the roof of his mouth with a tortilla chip and that was a hospital trip.\" <\/p>\n
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